- relajar
- v.to relax.El descanso afloja la tensión Rest relaxes stress.* * *relajar► verbo transitivo1 (gen) to relax2 figurado to loosen, slacken► verbo intransitivo1 (ser relajante) to be relaxing■ el masaje relaja massage is relaxing► verbo pronominal relajarse1 (descansar) to relax2 figurado (en las costumbres) to let oneself go3 (dilatarse) to slacken* * *verbto relax* * *1. VT1) (=sosegar) to relax2) (=suavizar) to slacken, loosen3) [moralmente] to weaken, corrupt4) LAm [comida] to cloy, sicken, disgust5) Caribe (=hacer mofa de) to mock, deride; (=escarnecer) to poke fun at2.See:* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <músculo/persona/mente> to relax2) (RPl arg) (insultar) to lay into (colloq)2.relajar vi1) ejercicio/música to be relaxing2) (CS fam) (empalagar)3.
es tan dulce que relaja — it's sickly sweet
relajarse v pron1)a) (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax; (tras período de tensión) to relax, unwind2) (degenerar) costumbres/moral to decline* * *= relax.Ex. The moment we relax on it -- we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made -- then we are in trouble.----* relajar la tensión = ease + tension.* relajarse = relax, hang + loose, take it + easy, chill out, unwind, wind down, mellow out.* relajarse en las obligaciones = be asleep at the wheel.* * *1.verbo transitivo1) <músculo/persona/mente> to relax2) (RPl arg) (insultar) to lay into (colloq)2.relajar vi1) ejercicio/música to be relaxing2) (CS fam) (empalagar)3.es tan dulce que relaja — it's sickly sweet
relajarse v pron1)a) (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax; (tras período de tensión) to relax, unwind2) (degenerar) costumbres/moral to decline* * *= relax.Ex: The moment we relax on it -- we are no longer forced to do it, and it often is not done, and the connection is not made -- then we are in trouble.
* relajar la tensión = ease + tension.* relajarse = relax, hang + loose, take it + easy, chill out, unwind, wind down, mellow out.* relajarse en las obligaciones = be asleep at the wheel.* * *relajar [A1 ]vtA ‹músculo› to relax; ‹persona/mente› to relaxB (RPl arg) (insultar) to lay into (colloq), to tear into (AmE)■ relajarviA «ejercicio/música» to be relaxingB(CS fam) «dulce/postre»: es tan dulce que relaja it's sickly sweet■ relajarsev pronA1 (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax; (tras un período de tensión) to relax, unwindrelájate que estás muy tenso loosen up o relax, you're very tensenecesita unas vacaciones para relajarse you need a vacation to relax o to unwind2 «tensión» to ease; «ambiente» to become more relaxedB (degenerar) to declineC(RPl fam) (descontrolarse): se relajó y se puso a contar chistes verdes he got out of hand o he let himself go and started telling dirty jokeslos chiquilines se relajaron the children started clowning around (colloq)* * *
relajar (conjugate relajar) verbo transitivo ‹músculo/persona/mente› to relax
verbo intransitivo [ejercicio/música] to be relaxing
relajarse verbo pronominal
1a) (físicamente, mentalmente) to relax;
(tras período de tensión, mucho trabajo) to relax, unwindb) [tensión] to ease;
[ambiente] to become more relaxed
2 (degenerar) [costumbres/moral] to decline
relajar verbo transitivo
1 (los músculos, la mente) to relax
2 (una ley, una norma) to relax
'relajar' also found in these entries:
English:
relax
- ease
* * *relajar♦ vt1. [distender] to relax;una ducha te relajará a shower will relax you o help you relax2. [hacer menos estricto] to relax3. PRico [burlarse de] to make fun of, to mock4. RP [rezongar] to scold, to tell off;me fui porque se pasaba relajándome I left him because he was always pulling me to pieces;su madre descubrió el secreto y la relajó toda her mother discovered the secret and gave her an almighty row♦ See also the pronominal verb relajarse* * *relajarv/t relax* * *relajar vt: to relax, to slackenrelajar vi: to be relaxing♦ See also the reflexive verb relajarse
Spanish-English dictionary. 2013.